Week 09. Courtney Barnett, The Twilight Sad, KNEECAP, Squarepusher going orchestral, José González back after five years, and 15 more. If your music library isn't already filing a formal complaint, mine is doing it on your behalf. Full roundup is live. stereobar.substack.com/p/best-new-m...

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Modern Woman's "Neptune Girl" is the second single from debut album Johnny's Dreamworld — propulsive drums, fractured guitars, Sophie Harris upfront. Out now on One Little Independent Records. go.stereobar.net/spglfv3 #ModernWoman #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #OneLittleIndependentRecords

Courtney Barnett drops "Mantis" and "Sugar Plum", singles three and four from fourth album 'Creature of Habit', out March 27 via Mom+Pop/Fiction. North America tour from May 1. #CourtneyBarnett #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Courtneybarnett go.stereobar.net/0v61gyg

Squarepusher announces 'Kammerkonzert', out April 10 on Warp. A 14-track orchestral album played entirely by Tom Jenkinson himself. "K2 Central" is out now. #Squarepusher #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #WarpRecords go.stereobar.net/vfituby

José González returns with "A Perfect Storm", from his fifth album 'Against The Dying Of The Light', out March 27 on City Slang. Fingerpicking that builds to a distorted peak, lyrically aimed at the AI race to lose control. #JosGonzLez #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #CitySlang go.stereobar.net/1xq0nxi

The Twilight Sad's "Attempt A Crash Landing – Theme" is the third single from their first album in seven years. Quiet start, full cathartic roar by the end. 'It's The Long Goodbye' out March 27 on Rock Action Records. #TheTwilightSad #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #RockActionRecords go.stereobar.net/xyo9x5w

Adelaide four-piece Swapmeet sign to Winspear and drop debut single "I Know!" — fuzzy jangle pop with a shoegaze edge. US debut at SXSW in March. Out now. #Swapmeet #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Winspear go.stereobar.net/a6pwypz

Brother Ali's "Another Country" is a jazz-inflected hip-hop track taking direct aim at systemic racism, immigration enforcement, and historical revisionism in America. No softening. Out now on Travelers Media. #BrotherAli #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #TravelersMedia go.stereobar.net/qrnjd9d

London duo Jacana People open their 'Breaker' EP with "Nudge" — pulsing bass, minimal drums, floating pads. Orbital and Underworld vibes, out now on Nettwerk. #JacanaPeople #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Nettwerk go.stereobar.net/0rrezjh

Oscar Farrell's new single 'Tell It Like It Is' is a peak-time 2-step chugger, out now on dh2. #OscarFarrell #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Dh2 go.stereobar.net/dcujj2t

Ezra Collective & Greentea Peng drop "Helicopters", a dub-rooted protest track from War Child's HELP(2) compilation (March 6). Produced by Ezra Collective, mixed by David Wrench. #EzraCollective #GreenteaPeng #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #WarChildRecords go.stereobar.net/m6dc8bb

Scorie follow up debut single "The Leash & The Fury" with "Room Full of Gangsters", out now via GÉOGRAPHIE. #Scorie #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Géographie go.stereobar.net/sujp7n9

South London trio deary drop "Alfie", a 7.5-minute dreampop single from debut album Birding (April 3, Bella Union). Starts as a tribute to a dog, ends somewhere near Sigur Rós. #Deary #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #BellaUnion go.stereobar.net/dlszjom

Chicago's COOL HEAT drops "Not the Same" with an EP on the way. #CoolHeat #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Coolheat go.stereobar.net/vpaubw2

Montreal trio Bye Parula drop "KISSBURN", the lead single from their upcoming album Something Out of Nothing (June 5, Secret City Records). Disco-funk, falsetto choruses, wah-wah guitar. #ByeParula #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #SecretCityRecords go.stereobar.net/3phx303

Angelo De Augustine announces Angel in Plainclothes (April 24, Asthmatic Kitty) with "Mirror Mirror" — bowed psaltery run through tape varispeed, psychedelic guitars, first album since his 2022 hospitalisation. #AngeloDeAugustine #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #AsthmaticKittyRecords go.stereobar.net/frp1pzl

Leeds post-punks The 113 announce EP The Hedonist (April 17, Launchpad+/EMI North) with "Scour" — surveillance anxiety, Gilla Band's Daniel Fox on the mix. EU/UK tour this spring. #The113 #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #Launchpad go.stereobar.net/p7p0wrn

Night Swimming announce EP Melting, Sometimes Bleeding (May 22, Venn Records) with "Poison Berry" — restrained dream-pop, mastered by Slowdive's Simon Scott. #NightSwimming #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #VennRecords go.stereobar.net/tthxo46

KNEECAP drop "Smugglers & Scholars" — Detroit hip-hop pulse, Irish revolutionary politics, Dan Carey production. FENIAN lands April 24 via Heavenly Recordings. #Kneecap #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #HeavenlyRecordings go.stereobar.net/ib4q8pn

Doctor Bionic opens Electric Pollen with "Eyes of Chavez" — live, improvised Cincinnati funk from Grimez and crew. Out May 15 on Chiefdom Records. #DoctorBionic #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 #ChiefdomRecords go.stereobar.net/q2frin3

Ghais Guevara drops "History of Violence" — split production, sharp lyrics, and one of the more compelling hip-hop tracks of 2026 so far. #GhaisGuevara #BestNewMusic2026 #W09 go.stereobar.net/9skpepj

Lana Del Rey drops "White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter", third single from forthcoming album Stove. Whispered vocals over gothic orchestral strings, produced with Jack Antonoff. Her personal favorite from the record. #LanaDelRey #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 go.stereobar.net/89o9cmp

Grian Chatten drops "Puppet", lead single from the Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man soundtrack (March 6, Milan Records). Post-rock, dark, co-written with composers Antony Genn and Martin Slattery. #GrianChatten #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #SonyMusic go.stereobar.net/b06inbw

Denzel Curry's new supergroup The Scythe — previously covered in W04 with "LIT EFFECT" — drops "THE SCYTHE" feat. TiaCorine & Ferg. Debut album Strictly 4 The Scythe out March 6 via Loma Vista. #DenzelCurry #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #LomaVistaRecordings go.stereobar.net/k5xdn9m

DEADLETTER's "Songless Bird" is the third single from sophomore album Existence Is Bliss (Feb 27, So Recordings). More space, more sophistication — but the urgency is still there. #Deadletter #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #SoRecordings go.stereobar.net/r96bapd

Max Winter's "Candlelight" is a collage — Sorry's Asha Lorenz and SE London rapper Rael each carve out distinct sections, Winter weaves them together. First single from forthcoming mixtape like the season! #MaxWinter #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #SecretFriend go.stereobar.net/jt7omtc

Apparat's A Hum Of Maybe lands today via Mute. "Glimmerine" opens it — voice and texture, then a full shift into glitchy techno and ragged trombone. Live version out now. #Apparat #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #Mute go.stereobar.net/kb9i95o

Hen Ogledd drop "End of the rhythm", third single from DISCOMBOBULATED. Collective-action jig that undercuts its own optimism with an AI Tom Hiddleston and "an absence of berries". #HenOgledd #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #Henogledd go.stereobar.net/458jl8t

Memphis rapper Tre Loaded drops "Do Not Disturb" via PULSE Records. More timeless-minded rap from one of the city's most consistent young voices. #TreLoaded #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #PulseRecords go.stereobar.net/izu6ao7

Benny Sings teams up with Elijah Fox (SZA, Drake, Kali Uchis) for "Real Person" — a spontaneous studio session turned jazz-pop single about the highs and lows of love. Out now on Stones Throw. #BennySings #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #StonesThrow go.stereobar.net/aeiqxeo

Montreal trio Cola announce third album Cost of Living Adjustment (May 8, Fire Talk) with lead single "Hedgesitting" — live drums over a sample loop, melody-led vocals, a warm step up from their minimalist past. #Cola #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #FireTalk go.stereobar.net/xwpsold

London saxophonist Laura Misch announces second album Lithic (June 5, One Little Independent) with "Echoes" — lemur rhythms, cave reverbs, tape machines, goat skin drum. #LauraMisch #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #OneLittleIndependentRecords go.stereobar.net/y9nnvgg

East London trio RINGARDS release "The Spit" on Panache Records — a blunt, honest post-mortem of a toxic relationship. #Ringards #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #PanacheRecords go.stereobar.net/l7byekn

Suffolk five-piece 1000 Rabbits debut on Young Records with Virgin Soil — violin, phrased vocals, and a drum break near the end that veers into drum'n'bass. Restrained and rhythmically sharp. go.stereobar.net/630qud6 #1000Rabbits #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #YoungRecords

La Sécurité – Bingo Montréal art-punk five-piece La Sécurité announce sophomore album Bingo! (June 12, Bella Union/Mothland) with a jittery disco-punk title track that turns a seniors' bingo night into something electric. go.stereobar.net/sr8eztx #LaSCurit #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #BellaUnion

My New Band Believe – Numerology Former black midi bassist Cameron Picton drops Numerology, a bonus non-album single ahead of his debut LP My New Band Believe, out April 10 on Rough Trade. go.stereobar.net/tgzjmh1 #MyNewBandBelieve #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #RoughTradeRecords

JakoJako – Kumquat (Rolando Remix) JakoJako taps Detroit legend Rolando for a Lunar New Year remix of Kumquat, from her Vietnam-inspired modular album Tết 41 on Mute. go.stereobar.net/iatpfi4 #Jakojako #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #Mute

Peter Gabriel – Put the Bucket Down (Dark-Side Mix) New moon, new mix. Peter Gabriel drops the Dark-Side Mix of Put the Bucket Down from upcoming album o/i. Mixed by Tchad Blake. go.stereobar.net/6eqo7io #PeterGabriel #BestNewMusic2026 #W08 #RealWorldRecords

Continuing my #PhotoToPainting creations. #YaquinaBayBridge in #Newport #Oregon from a vacation in 2005, back when Rogue River Brewing was open. #Art from #Photography

Brighton seven-piece Soft Top drop "Your Aching Words" via Crafting Room Recordings. Conceptual chamber-indie with cello, clarinet and a fourth-wall-breaking ending. Andy Shauf, Matt Maltese, Steely Dan territory. #SoftTop #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #CraftingRoomRecordings go.stereobar.net/b466y4f

Stereolab's tour-only 7" finally hits streaming. "Cloud Land": six minutes of wormy synths and percussive breaks. B-side "Flashes In The Afternoon" is an easy-listening instrumental. On Duophonic UHF Disks. #Stereolab #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #WarpRecords go.stereobar.net/g8ggs39

Kloyd makes her Anjunadeep debut with "New Love". Built from a distorted, reversed vocal sample. Soft piano into a hypnotic industrial beat. Four Tet and Massive Attack territory. #Kloyd #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #Anjunadeep go.stereobar.net/oyefbvb

Arise is out today. "We Don't Belong" is the slow-burn psych highlight — that bassline needs headphones, full volume. Album spotlight coming soon. #HeliconXAlLover #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #Helicon go.stereobar.net/5x3hq6m

Fan Girl drop "Easy Now", first single from EP 8HRS (Apr 24). Written across Guadalajara, Paris & Melbourne. Self-produced. Breakbeats, trip-hop, atmospheric rock. #FanGirl #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 go.stereobar.net/9fuv6rn

Chalk drop "Tongue", last single before debut LP Crystalpunk (Mar 13, ALTER Music). Tense, abrasive post-punk with industrial beats. #Chalk #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #AlterMusic go.stereobar.net/xfxa5by

Anna Calvi enlists Iggy Pop for "God's Lonely Man", lead single from new EP Is This All There Is? (Domino, Mar 20). Furious guitars, raw defiance. #AnnaCalvi #IggyPop #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #DominoRecordingCo go.stereobar.net/uyh2n18

Flea covers Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" as a trumpet-led instrumental ballad. Third single from debut solo album Honora (Nonesuch, Mar 27). Strings by Nate Walcott, upright bass by Anna Butterss. #Flea #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #NonesuchRecords go.stereobar.net/g7zmoz0

Kim Gordon takes on AI and tech bros on "DIRTY TECH", second single from PLAY ME (Matador, Mar 13). Nervous trap beat, sarcastic delivery, zero chill. #KimGordon #BestNewMusic2026 #W07 #MatadorRecordsUk go.stereobar.net/1iq08ex